mad_crease: On Nexus, a modder introduced back into the game, the Braindance intro with the strobing headgear.

I completely understand the horrible effects and pains of epilepsy. It strikes home.
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Why did CDPR change a game of this genre and effect for such a small number of people?

According to this site,
https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/triggers-seizures/photosensitivity-and-seizures
About 1 in 100 people have a form of epilepsy.

3% of that one percent are affected by photo sensitivity.
.03 x .01 = .0003 out of 100 people (1 out of 333,333 people)
(of that number, a vastly smaller percent that actually play a game like this)

If you know you have this medical condition, why on earth would you seek a game like this where flashing/pulsing lights are the mainstream background filler and engulf ones daily life activities?

Why make changes (Vx.04) to even further pull the game from what it could be into something else? There are multiple warnings, which there should be. There are videos a person can look up and can even use to test and see if it will affect them. Why should CDPR spend more time and resources on this when it has such a tiny impact and when so much more needs attention? (which it probably won't get)

I personally prefer the flavor of the lights and electronic illumination. That is some of what a person imagines when you think Cyberpunk. Instead, you keep getting a dwindling sense of immersion.

(Not at all meant to diminish or berate the unfortunate people who are afflicted with this disorder)

mad_crease: On Nexus, a modder introduced back into the game, the Braindance intro with the strobing headgear.

I completely understand the horrible effects and pains of epilepsy. It strikes home.
-------------------------------
Why did CDPR change a game of this genre and effect for such a small number of people?

According to this site,
https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/triggers-seizures/photosensitivity-and-seizures
About 1 in 100 people have a form of epilepsy.

3% of that one percent are affected by photo sensitivity.
.03 x .01 = .0003 out of 100 people (1 out of 333,333 people)
(of that number, a vastly smaller percent that actually play a game like this)

If you know you have this medical condition, why on earth would you seek a game like this where flashing/pulsing lights are the mainstream background filler and engulf ones daily life activities?

Why make changes (Vx.04) to even further pull the game from what it could be into something else? There are multiple warnings, which there should be. There are videos a person can look up and can even use to test and see if it will affect them. Why should CDPR spend more time and resources on this when it has such a tiny impact and when so much more needs attention? (which it probably won't get)

I personally prefer the flavor of the lights and electronic illumination. That is some of what a person imagines when you think Cyberpunk. Instead, you keep getting a dwindling sense of immersion.

(Not at all meant to diminish or berate the unfortunate people who are afflicted with this disorder)

flynia: As someone who has epilepsy it can be medically controlled so this for the most part is not an issue and as you state people with the game should be careful when playing it and generally displaying these warnings is a legal requirement for the most part.

As for the warning... they exist because if you have epilepsy and dont know about it a game like this can trigger a seizure and they are beneficial for that exact reason so that if it does happen you have an idea about what is going on and what the cause might be and how to deal with it and what to explain to the GP or Neurologist when the time comes. I remember mine was triggered by loading screens from the old Commodore 64 back in the day and this explanation was crucial with the diagnosis for me.

PS - This response is not meant to be aggressive or the like and is more a response based on my personal experience and having Epilepsy since I was young (roughly 30 odd years now) so my apologies if it comes of rude or the like mad_crease.

lace_gardenia: at release, the warnings were extremely easy to miss. they were mentioned in the EULA and nowhere else.

also, the sequence in question was using the *exact* frequency that is known to trigger an attack.